The stone tunnel portal at Hochtor on the Grossglockner road, coats of arms set above the arch
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Austria by campervan: weather and best time

When to tour Austria by campervan: temperatures, rainfall and the best season for each part of the country. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 18 September 2026

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Austria has two different countries in it and they want opposite months. The Alpine west and south are a summer destination: the high roads are shut by snow from roughly November to May, and the Grossglockner only opens from early May to early November. The flat east around the Danube is at its best in spring and autumn, when the Alps are still wet or already cold.

A lakeside village with a church spire below steep wooded mountains in autumn
September and October. The passes are still open and the crowds have gone

The year by region: how it feels, how warm, how wet

Tyrol and the ÖtztalInnsbruck
4°47 mm
7°37 mm
12°54 mm
17°55 mm
20°86 mm
24°114 mm
25°121 mm
24°135 mm
21°83 mm
16°68 mm
9°59 mm
4°55 mm
SalzburgerlandSalzburg
3°59 mm
6°53 mm
10°87 mm
16°78 mm
19°115 mm
23°151 mm
24°158 mm
24°164 mm
20°112 mm
14°73 mm
9°72 mm
4°72 mm
Carinthia and the lakesKlagenfurt
2°27 mm
6°38 mm
11°46 mm
17°63 mm
21°86 mm
25°105 mm
26°119 mm
26°131 mm
21°102 mm
14°91 mm
8°85 mm
1°50 mm
StyriaGraz
4°20 mm
8°29 mm
12°35 mm
17°52 mm
21°93 mm
25°121 mm
26°124 mm
25°129 mm
21°94 mm
15°64 mm
9°54 mm
4°40 mm
The Wachau and the DanubeKrems an der Donau
3°17 mm
5°21 mm
10°27 mm
15°38 mm
21°58 mm
23°80 mm
26°80 mm
26°62 mm
20°46 mm
15°28 mm
8°34 mm
4°25 mm
VorarlbergBregenz
4°71 mm
5°75 mm
10°100 mm
14°114 mm
19°146 mm
22°182 mm
24°191 mm
24°177 mm
19°148 mm
14°105 mm
8°108 mm
5°102 mm

BestWorkableToo hotCold or wetTop figure: average daily high. Below it: average rainfall for the month.

Five of these rows use 1991 to 2020 normals. The Bregenz row is on the older 1981 to 2010 period, so treat it as indicative rather than directly comparable. Every figure is the mean daily maximum, which is the number that describes an afternoon, not the record.